This document discusses how online dating has been portrayed in various movies and television shows over the years. It provides examples such as characters developing relationships solely through email in "You've Got Mail" and "EuroTrip", a mother creating an online dating profile for her daughter against her will in "Because I Said So", and characters meeting partners through Jewish dating site JDate or other means such as a Russian mail-order bride or an online profile in shows like "Viva La Bam" and "Keeping Up With the Kardashians".

1. Online Dating in the Media

2. You’ve Got Mail
A relationship develops over email.
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3. Because I Said So
Diane Keaton’s character creates an online dating profile for Mandy
Moore, who plays her daughter.
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4. JEWTOPIA
This book and play frequently mention Jdate, a Jewish online
dating site.

5. Must Love Dogs
Diane Lane and John Cusack meet through online dating.
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6. VIVA LA BAM
Bam’s friend, Raab, meets his Russian mail-order bride online.
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7. EUROTRIP
A relationship is based solely over email.
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8. Another Gay Movie
A student unknowingly “dates” his high school teacher through an
online dating site.
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9. Napoleon Dynamite
Napoleon’s brother, Kip, meets a girl online and they later
marry.
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10. Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Kim and Kourtney create an online dating profile for their sister, Khloe.
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